The Fall

Resources

Claim CA622: Without a literal Fall, there is no need for Jesus and redemption

Claim CH301: There was no death or decay before the Fall

Claim CH310: The pre-Flood vapor canopy would have made the world Edenic

Claim CH311: The pre-Flood vapor canopy would have extended human lifetimes

Claim CH320: Life is deteriorating

Claim CH321: Parasites are degenerations of free-living species

Brief responses in the Index to Creationist Claims in the TalkOrigins Archive.

The Second Law of Thermodynamics Began at the Fall

Article by creationist Tommy Mitchell in the 'Arguments to Avoid' section of the Answers in Genesis website, recommending Christians do not argue that the Second Law of Thermodynamics began at the Fall. For resources dealing with the laws of Thermodynamics as they pertain to evolution, see Thermodynamics.

06 Why did animals seem designed for conditions after the fall if they were created for a perfect world?

Part 6 of Stephen Godfrey's story about coming to the realization that the YEC position he had been taught was wrong. Briefly outlines the thoughts and questions he had when considering that if animals had been designed, they must have been designed for a perfect, pre-Fall world, but then underwent some transformation to their current predator and prey states, on which the Bible is silent. Note that some creationists have suggested that God might have created animals with diversity in their genomes so they could develop certain traits later if needed, but there are a few problems with this idea, which are found within certain resources on the subject of 'kinds' and hyperevolution within 'kinds' .